Lisbon, the City
of Seven Hills

Yes. The Jerónimos Monastery runs on controlled, timed entry, and in peak season the queue at the door reaches 60 to 120 minutes. On the ticket options we reserve your slot the moment your booking comes in, so you arrive at a fixed time and walk straight past the ticket line.

Yes, it is open. Belém Tower reopened on 26 May 2026 after a year of restoration, with phased access: up to 60 visitors every half hour, a ceiling of 900 a day, from 9.30am to 5.30pm, and last entry at 5pm. A pre-booked timed ticket is the only reliable way in.

No. Since the May 2026 reopening there is no ticket office at the Tower at all. Presential sales moved to the Jerónimos Monastery desk, and the model favours buying online with a fixed slot. On the ticket options we reserve both slots for you when you book.

About six kilometres west of the centre, with the sights strung along the riverfront rather than grouped together. Getting there and between them is what eats the day for most visitors. We drive you, so the six kilometres and the timing of your two tickets are ours to manage.

The Half-Day is about five and a half hours: Belém, the Padrão, a pastel de Belém, a viewpoint over the centre, Alfama on foot and the castle hill. The Full-Day is about nine hours, the same spine at an easier pace, plus lunch, Graça and Mouraria, LX Factory and the Cristo Rei viewpoint.

The ticket options do: the combined Jerónimos Monastery and Belém Tower timed entry, reserved at booking. On the Standard options admissions are excluded and you book your own Jerónimos slot well in advance. The tickets add €60 per person, on both the Half-Day and the Full-Day.

Yes. We pick up at the cruise port and at Lisbon airport and we carry your luggage. Send the ship or flight details at booking and we plan the day around them, with the drop-off synced to your departure. The Half-Day is the length most cruise calls and layovers allow.

The Jerónimos Monastery and Belém Tower are both closed on Mondays, and the Tower also closes on 1 January, Easter Sunday, 1 May, 13 June and 25 December. On those days the day runs as the Standard route: the exteriors, the Padrão, the viewpoints, Alfama and the castle hill.

The castle hill is, the castle interior is not. We walk the quarter below it and stop at the Portas do Sol and Santa Luzia viewpoints, which is the view most travellers came to Lisbon for. If you want the interior, we can pre-buy the ticket, around €15 per adult.

Alfama and the castle hill are walked on foot, on cobbles and steep streets, so bring comfortable shoes. The tour is not wheelchair accessible. Infant seats are available on request, service animals are allowed, and a version with considerably less walking can be arranged. Tell us at booking.